BTS 2015 - St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School

VOLUME 18, ISSUE 1
BACK TO SCHOOL 2015
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF
Tucker Alch, Peter Bambace, Lindsay Bevers, Blake Bickham, Christopher Bradley, Matthew Castaneda, Carl Chemaly, Allison Clark, Matias Cruces, Brock Culwell, Brianna D'Armata, Kevin Didway, Sean Doyle, Everett Ezell, Katherine Fitzgibbon, Liam Garrison, Catherine George, Christian
Groff, Bryce Guidroz, Michael Hansen, Jr., Mathias Hisse, Alexander Jacobs, Delaney Kelly, Caroline Kherkher, James Lee, Kathleen Leyendecker, Jacob Lynch, Nicholas Mattioli, Walker McCairns, William McCairns, Taylor McClure, Grayson McCurry, Connor Parker, Tatyana Passmore,
Shane Pesek, Claire Piczak, Luke Read, Anna Rosenfeld, John Schell, Harrison Schmidt, Katya Smith, Sofia Speight, Abigail Standish, Hannah
Streitmann, Kenneth Swanson, Victor Vacek, Luis Valdes, Marcus Whitley, Matthew Whitley, Katherine Williford
From the principal
Dear Parents,
Recently a number of our families were seriously impacted by the recent flooding in
Harris County and surrounding areas. They were all affected in varying degrees but all required the assistance of the
members of the SVdP community. I was
touched by the response! We have long
been known for the strong community
spirit and ties that are formed here for our
families. But that spirit was put into action
and it was a truly wonderful thing to see.
Thank you for all you did to assist those at
a most difficult time.
This edition of the Tiger’s Mouth contains a
wrap up of the last quarter of the 2014-15
school year. It is one of significant progress and achievement for the school and
its students. While I feel we have been extremely successful in many areas there is
always room for improvement. New programs are being introduced into the school
for this year and will strongly emphasize
writing skills, higher level thinking skill as
well as science, technology, engineering
and math.
Yours in Christ,
Our adaptive technology, in math and vocabulary, has proven to be very successful
in raising the level of performance of our
students in those subjects. We will continue to explore other avenues to learning to
better engage and motivate our students
in all subject areas.
Carolyn Sears M.Ed.
2015-2016 PTO Board
Career Fair: Beatriz Ballerini & Jennifer Visintine
Enrichment: Elizabeth Keeler
Hospitality: Graciana Linardi & Janelle Reinoso
Party Packs: Tracy Butz & Megan Leif
Performing Arts: Rachel Bush
Public Relations: Lucy Anderson
Room Parent Coordinator: Jennifer Raymond
Sports Parent Coordinators: Mary Callaghan,
Andrea Vessels & Margaret Vinson
Style Show: Gloria Mattiuzzi-Alvarez, Tina Swartz &
Milu Vera
Tiger Bucks: Phuong Liebl
Tiger Market: Vivian Scott & Faith Sepe
Tiger’s Mouth: Lynn Crow
Used Uniforms: Lori Etlinger & Debbie Fraker
Yearbook: Rebecca Oliver-Bromenshenkel & Kymberly Venker
PTO Executive Board
President: Kelly Hogan
Vice President: Esmer Vale
Communications VP: Rachel Parten
Secretary: Cecile Deutschen
Treasurer: Gentine Meagher
Past President: Teresa Bogatto
PTO Directors
Auction & Gala: Erin Ayers, Wendy Johnston &
Shannon Ramirez
Auction Elect: Christina Lynch & Allison Sovany
Back to School: Tiffany Moreno & Jill Pollard
Book Fair: Yolanda O’Malley & Laura Rocha
Breakfast with Santa: Olguita Santiago-Rodriguez &
Patricia Sayegh
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From the PTO President
“For just as each of us has one body with
many members, and these members do
not all have the same function, so in Christ
we, though many, form one body, and
each member belongs to all the others.”
In addition to the 36 PTO board directors,
we need the support of every family to
continue to build on the successes of our
school. Please contact me if you have questions or want to get involved in PTO, 713320-1077 or [email protected]. Together, we can do our part to support this
fantastic school and its goal of developing
students to their fullest potential in an environment permeated with Gospel values.
Romans 12:4-5
St. Vincent de Paul is just that, one body
with many members. All PTO events are
either fundraisers or community builders so
that we can come together and educate,
reward, or celebrate this one body of which
we have chosen to be a part.
Yours Truly-
I would like to thank the PTO Directors who
have already started planning their events
and services, and the many others who are
sharing their time and talents in supportive
roles. It takes countless volunteers and
boundless dedication to get it all done.
Kelly Hogan
PTO President
Save the Date
Upcoming PTO-Sponsored Events
September 9, 2015
September 16, 2015
November 8-14, 2015
SVdP Family Restaurant Night
@ JerryBuilt
Positive Parenting Presentation
in MJFC @ 7:00 p.m.
Book Fair
December 5, 2015
Breakfast with Santa
February 20, 2016
Gala and Auction
April 26-28, 2016
Positive Parenting Series
Save the date for SVdP’s Positive Parenting Presentation on Wednesday,
September 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the
Parish Family Center.
Dr. Laurie Westphal, who is an independent gifted education and science
consultant nationwide will be speaking
on implementing strategies to assist in
planning and developing lessons to
meet the needs of advanced students.
Laurie currently resides in Houston,
TX, and has made it her goal to convert as many teachers as she can to
the differentiated lifestyle in the classroom and to share her vision for realworld, product-based lessons that help
all students become critical thinkers
and effective problem solvers. She is
the author of the Differentiating Instruction With Menus series as well
as Hands-On Physical Science and Science Dictionary for Kids.
Career Fair
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The summer sales have begun and WHITE is
hard to find in February, so keep your
eyes open for a cute WHITE outfit! It’s an
ALL WHITE party on February 20th for
guys and girls!
Have an interest in volunteering? Auction
items or ideas? Contacts?
Please contact:
Erin Ayers [email protected]),Wendy
Johnson ([email protected]), or
Shannon Ramirez
([email protected])
School Board Members
Tiger’s
Market
Monsignor Bill Young, Pastor
Carolyn Sears, Principal
Joe Louis, President
Tiffany Johnson, VP/President Elect
Jennifer Rosenfeld, Secretary
Dan Berggren, Technology Chair
Tom Bickham, Technology Chair
Frank Hogan, Advancement
Katherine Macey, Student Affairs Chair
Heather Montoya, Finance Chair
Ray Simpson, Extracurricular Chair
Kelly Hogan, PTO President
Check out the online store for new Tiger Pride
gear and approved PE uniforms!
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2014-2015 PTO BOARD FUNDING REPORT
Last year's PTO Board wishes to thank the entire
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School community for
its support of our efforts. Thanks to communitywide participation in events, support of services,
and - most importantly - volunteer support, the
PTO was able to support SVdP School to the
tune of $221,967 last year!
Gym Audio/Visual System: $8,601
Book Fair (earmarked for Library): $5,681
School Office Area Rugs: $4,925
Concessions & Homecoming Sales (earmarked for
Athletics): $2,376
*These numbers reflect faculty bonuses paid during
the 2014-2015 school year. Funds for faculty boIn addition to the myriad services provided, events nuses are set aside each year by the PTO for the
coordinated, and funds set aside for future, the PTO following school year.
gave back to the school financially as follows:
The 2015-2016 PTO Board is hard at work preparSteel Frame Structure
ing for this school year. Please look for ways to
(to provide a covered play area): $54,025
support their efforts. Every student at St. Vincent
Operating Expenses: $43,000
de Paul Catholic School benefits from this vibrant,
Faculty Christmas Bonuses*: $29,189
supportive community of parents.
Auction Paddles Up for Adopt A Student: $26,670
Faculty Retention Bonuses*: $26,000
Thank you all for your support! Please contact TeEndowment Contribution: $21,500
resa Bogatto, 2014-2015 PTO President, with any
Legacy Wall (Auction Art Project): $11,670
questions about the information above.
SCHOOL BOARD NEWS
As we start a new school year,
the School Board would like to
thank Marnie Clark, Elaine Fitzgibbon, Michael McConn, Glenn
Standish, Rachel Steely, and
Ray Vale on for their selfless
service over the past years to
SVdP.
Marnie Clark has served us with
her hard work on the Advancement and Communication committees. Her positive energy,
dedication to our school and
parish and her enthusiastic spirit will be missed. It will also be
hard to replace Elaine Fitzgibbon whose organizational skills,
positive attitude and incredible
support of the school is contagious. Elaine has stepped into
various roles including chairing
the Student Affairs and Facilities
committees and serving as Secretary on the Executive Committee during her tenure. The
School Board also wishes to express its appreciation to Michael
McConn who devoted many
hours to help improve our
school’s Extracurricular Committee. Michael’s good counsel
and business savvy will be
missed at School Board meetings. The School Board would
like to thank Rachel Steely for
chairing the Extracurricular
Committee this year and serving tirelessly help the school.
The School Board wishes to express its gratitude for Ray Vale.
Ray chaired the Strategic Planning Committee and served one
year as the Vice-President. And
finally, the School Board would
like to thank Glenn Standish
who worked tirelessly in the
School Board for 8 years.
Glenn served as President for
over 3 years and helped revamp
the Finance cCmmittee. He put
4 children through SVdP and
was here for 19 years. He will
be greatly missed.
While we say farewell to those
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rolling off the School Board, we
welcome our newest members:
Dan Berggren, Heather Montoya
and Ray Simpson – and the
School Board looks forward to
working with them in the years
ahead. We would also like to
take the opportunity to say
thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in serving
on the School Board and participated in the discernment process in April.
Our key focus for this coming
school year will be in furthering
SVdP’s strategic plan, which can
be found on Edline under Contents -> School Board folder. If
you have an interest in serving
on a School Board committee
this year, please reach out to
any member of the 2015-2016
School Board Executive Committee.
We hope you had a safe, fun
summer!
FACULTY NEWS
Welcome New Teachers!
Other Faculty Changes
Ms. Taylor Adney - 3rd Grade
Mrs. Jessica Sprague and Ms. Elizabeth Tanner now teach kindergarten.
Mrs. Kelly Pepper - 3rd Grade
Mrs. Ashley Berry née Acomb now teaches 1st grade.
Ms. Tammy LeJune - 6th Grade, middle school math
Mrs. Libby Keenan - PK
Mrs. Diane O’Neill will assist Mrs. Tammy LeJune in her middle school
math classes.
Mrs. Brindley Drake will teach Global Inventors & Training as a middle
school elective.
Ms. Wits will teach middle school creative writing.
Ms. Alwein will teach the middle school photography elective course.
Mrs. Maxwell and her family welcomed baby girl, Ella. She was born
on June 1, 2015 and was 7 lb 6 oz
and 20.5 inches long. She joins big
brother Austin.
Mrs. Pruet Collins and her family
welcomed baby girl, Madison Leigh.
She was born on June 11, 2015.
She was 8lbs and 11oz. 21.7 inches
long. She joins big sister Bradley.
PRINCIPAL’S HONORS AND HONORS
Claire Piczak
Yara Karam
Sara Price
Katya Smith
Alex Lopez
Sophia Rebello
Abigail Standish
Mary Kate McDaniel
Caroline Tanner
Matthew Whitley
Allison Polnau
6th Grade Honors
Kate Williford
Mary Catherine Reidy
Michael Bevers
7th Grade
Principal’s Honors
Emily Roy
Bryce Bogatto
Caroline Kherkher
Caimen Schneider
Emily Clark
Kathleen Leyendecker
Alisha Collaco
Sarah Sullivan
Dylan Fitzgibbon
Taylor McClure
Nathaniel Fernandes
Andrew Tayar
Jillian Hermoso
Luke Read
William Hearne
Davis Thames
Noah Hight
Anna Rosenfeld
Claire Sullivan
Anjali Tholany
Madelyn Kaelin
Marcus Whitley
Justin Varkey
Roman Vale
Lexie Oliver
8th Grade Honors
7th Grade Honors
Andrea Vera
Matthew Castaneda
Brianne Raymond
Chloe Alff
Savannah Ward
Carl Chemaly
Mark Richards
Allison Clark
Peyton Butler
Robert Condron
6th Grade
Principal’s Honors
Eve Rosenfeld
Everett Ezell
Sarah Cunningham
Robert Bambace
Liam Garrison
William Dickason
Blair Bath
Shane Pesek
Jacob Fiegel
Elise Cunningham
8th Grade
Principal’s Honors
Lindsay Bevers
Clay Didway
Katherine Fitzgibbon
Michael Hansen
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Nicole Rosenfeld
Ryan Santry
Abigail Tran
2015 ACADEMIC AWARDS RECIPIENTS
4A
4N
5S
5T
Ian Parten
Peyton Tan
Kiki Bass
Annie McConn
Mary Claire Hughes
Patrick Bourg
Tori Hollerbach
Anders Sorenson
ART
BAND
Mary Claire Hughes
CHOIR
Anna Marie Zepeda
COMPUTER
Dax Garza
Brenna Butler
Reid Ramirez
Amanda Butz
ENGLISH/LA
Michael O’Brien
Bailey Raymond
Katie Berggren
Ryan Hogan
HANDWRITING
Jake Haysley
Zackary Parker
Caroline Thames
Gabi Rodriguez
LIBRARY
Elise Reinoso
Gonzalo Pereda
Jacob Stavinoha
Gabi Rodriguez
MATH
Blythe Bath
Bailey Raymond
Mark Tayar
Caterina Cruces
MUSIC
Seth Levy
Evan McCarthy
Ryan Hogan
Gus Groff
PE / BOYS
Kevin Pedroza
Pablo Tellez
PE / GIRLS
Lali Linardi
Caroline Steely
Isabella Nolla
Dani Nolla
Alex Buettgen
Caroline Thames
RELIGION
Mary Claire Hughes
Ava Robson
Caroline Steely
Leonardo Morales
SCIENCE
Mary Claire Hughes
Camille Schneider
Tori Hollerbach
Jaden Bosworth
Blythe Bath
Evan McCarthy
Leonardo Morales
Isabelle Louis
SPANISH
Wyatt Hanson
Aiden Nanquil
Kiki Bass
Sofia Iero
SPELLING
Seth Levy
Jack Brodie
Emily Gentry
Amanda Butz
READING / LIT
SS/HISTORY
ST. JOSEPH
Andrew Roy
Leonardo Morales
ST. PETER
Caleb Davis
Thomas Wyatt Green
Elise Reinoso
Stephanie Tremont
HOLY SPIRIT GIRL
Lali Linardi
Sofia Iero
HOLY SPIRIT BOY
Zachary Parker
Ryan Hogan
ST. VINCENT
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ART
Livvie Fitzpatrick
Olivia Lyons
SCIENCE
Blair Bath
Alex Lopez
BAND
Riley Maytum
Dylan Fitzgibbon
SS/HISTORY
Isabella Ballerini
Claire Sullivan
CHOIR
Jolie LaPorte
Dominique Nanquil
SPANISH
Elise Cunningham
Alisha Collaco
COMPUTER
Michael Bevers
Robert Condron
SPRING MUSICAL
Sophia Coletti
N/A
DRUMLINE
Bryce Bogatto
Nathaniel Fernandes
ST. JOSEPH
Brianne Raymond
Lulu Pinell
ENGLISH/LA
Jillian Hermoso
Mimi Reidy
ST. PETER
Elise Cunningham
William Hearn
MATH
Sophia Rebello
Nathaniel Fernandes
ST. VINCENT
Hunter Osborn
Mimi Reidy
PE / BOYS
Trey McClure
William Hearne
HOLY SPIRIT GIRL Sophia Coletti
PE / GIRLS
Emily Clark
Yara Karam
HOLY SPIRIT BOY
READING / LIT
Sara Price
William Hearne
RELIGION
Noah Hight
Caimen Schneider
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Michael Bevers
Sarah Cunningham
Davis Thames
WINTER AND SPRING
SPORTS AWARDS
St. Vincent de Paul Night
At
The Houston Dynamos
BOYS BASKETBALL
Varsity – Made the Final Four
Most Improved Player – Luke Read
Coach’s Award Bryce Guidroz
Best Defensive Award – Carl Chemaly
Best Offensive Award – Matthew Castaneda
MVP – Michael Hansen
7th Grade
Saturday, August 29, 2015
8:00 pm Kickoff
Come see BBVA Compass Stadium and the
SVdP Choir sing the National Anthem!
$25/ticket (normally $30)
Free Pre-Game Carnival
Coaches Award - William Dickason
Most Improved Player – Ethan Venker
6th Grade
White Team
Most Improved Player – William Hoffman
Coaches Award – Max Naegeli
Gold Team
Name_______________________________________________
Coaches Award - Mark Richards
Address_____________________________________________
Most Improved Player – Sam Callaghan
GIRLS SOFTBALL
Email________________________________________________
Most Improved Player - Anjali Tholany
Number of tickets @ $25.00 each__________________
Coaches Award – Mackenzie Olsen
Please mail my tickets for $2.00 fee _______________
MVP – Kate Wiliford
Total enclosed
8th Grade Softball Awards
Most Improved Player – Sofia Speight
$__________________
Best Offensive Award – Allison Clark
Best Defensive Award - Delaney Kelly
Please make checks payable to “SVdP School” by August
Coaches Award – Abigail Standish
14th. You may have your tickets mailed for
VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL
$2.00.Otherwise they will be passed out at school. Email
Best Offensive Award - Kathleen Leyendecker
Mrs. Monks [email protected] with questions.
Best Hustle Award - Delaney Kelly
Best Defensive Award – Hannah Streitmann
Name of Choir Member Selling (if applicable)
6th Woman Award – Kate Williford
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Most Improved Player – Allison Clark
Coaches Award – Katya Smith
MVP – Caroline Kherkher
BOYS BASEBALL
Most Improved Player – Jacob Lynch
Coaches Award - Grayson McCurry
Best Pitcher - Tucker Alch
Best Defensive Award – Jack Schell
Best Offensive Award – Michael Hansen
MVP – Peter Bambace
SPRING TRACK
Record time of 1:51.30 set at the Championship meet
for the 4X200 – 7th Grade
Mac Sage, Jacob Fiegel, Davis Thames, William Dickason, Nicolas Narvacan
Pictured above is the newly repaired ball wall, a gift
of the class of 2015.
Captains - Taylor McClure and Anna Rosenfeld
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SPORTS NEWS
SCOUTS
SOFTBALL
The 2014-15 St. Vincent de Paul Lady Tigers Softball
team wrapped up a great season with some exciting
playoff games. In GHCAA conference play, the Lady
Tigers won their district (3A South) with victories
against St. Laurence, Holy Family, Our Lady of Fatima,
St. Pius V, St. Francis de Sales and St. Augustine. The
team also played in the West University Softball Association’s junior division and had some exciting games.
In the play-off run, SVdP clinched wins over St. Anne's
Tomball and Holy Family to advance to the championship game which it lost by a tight 5-6 score. The Lady
Tiger line-up included 8th graders:
Allison Clark,
Catherine George, Delaney Kelly, Abigail Standish, Sofia Speight and Kate Williford; 7th graders: Mariana
Swartz and Anjali Tholany; and 6th graders: Emily
Clark, Alyssa Cortez, Mackenzie Olsen and Mia Still.
The team was led by Coach Charles Jackson and
Coach Jena
Edwards.
CHEERLEADING
The SVdP Cheer Squad attended summer cheer camp
at St. Pius X during the month of July. They not only
won Most Improved squad but they also took home
the Spirit Stick 2 days in a row. They are so excited
with the new material they have learned and cannot
wait to share it with all the Tiger Fans.
Come out
and support our teams and our cheerleaders this fall.
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MOCK TRIAL
Fifty-one third grade students from St. Vincent de Paul School conducted mock trial
proceedings in the case of SpongeBob
Square Pants vs. Abercrombie and Fish in
the 11th and 61st Judicial District Courts of
Harris County, Texas on May 21. The jury
in the 11th awarded $60.00 to Plaintiff
SpongeBob at the conclusion of the trial,
while the jury in the 61st awarded $45.00
to the Plaintiff. All students enjoyed a special lunch with their teachers, parents and
grandparents at Kim Son after the cases
concluded.
7TH GRADE TRIP TO
SAN ANTONIO
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CAMP KAPPE
PK/6TH GRADE TRIP TO ZOO
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